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Filmsite's Greatest Films of the 50's

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Greatest films of the 1950's. These are only the best movies from the 50s. For the full article go to: http://www.filmsite.org/300films.html

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All About Eve
Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis
Released: 1950
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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#32 of 93 The Very Best Oscar-Winning Movies For Best Picture#691 of 1,506 The Most Rewatchable Movies
2
The Asphalt Jungle
Marilyn Monroe, Jack Warden
Released: 1950
Directed by: John Huston
3
Gun Crazy
Russ Tamblyn, Peggy Cummins
Released: 1950
Directed by: Joseph H. Lewis
4
In a Lonely Place
Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame
Released: 1950
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
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#218 of 245 The Best Psychological Thrillers of All Time#68 of 117 The Best Classic Thriller Movies, Ranked
5
Sunset Boulevard
William Holden, Buster Keaton
Released: 1950
Directed by: Billy Wilder
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#20 of 61 The Best Movies with Rich People Spending Big#7 of 30 Great Movies About Old Ladies
6
Winchester '73
James Stewart, Rock Hudson
Released: 1950
Directed by: Anthony Mann
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#41 of 401 The Best Western Movies Ever Made#9 of 63 The Best Western Movies of the 1950s
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The African Queen
Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart
Released: 1951
Directed by: John Huston
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#38 of 76 50+ Quirky Romance Movies That Are Unique in Their Own Way#35 of 197 The Best Adventure Movies
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An American in Paris
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron
Released: 1951
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
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#52 of 52 The Best Musical Love Story Movies#21 of 21 Movies With Places In The Title That Weren't Actually Shot There
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A Place in the Sun
Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift
Released: 1951
Directed by: George Stevens
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#35 of 1,195 Every Oscar Winning Film Ever#110 of 177 The Most Utterly Depressing Movies Ever Made
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Patricia Neal, Michael Rennie
Released: 1951
Directed by: Robert Wise
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#32 of 319 The Greatest Disaster Movies of All Time#2 of 51 The Greatest Classic Sci-Fi Movies

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Strangers on a Train
Alfred Hitchcock, Farley Granger
Released: 1951
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
12
A Streetcar Named Desire
Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh
Released: 1951
Directed by: Elia Kazan
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#1 of 136 The Best Movies Based On Plays#16 of 18 The Saddest Movies In Which No One Actually Dies
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The Thing from Another World
James Arness, Paul Frees
Released: 1951
Directed by: Howard Hawks, Christian Nyby
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#57 of 78 The Scariest Animal Horror Movies Ever Made#262 of 736 The Best Horror Movies Of All Time
14
The Bad and the Beautiful
Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner
Released: 1952
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
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#83 of 135 The Best Movies About Movies#9 of 78 The Best Kirk Douglas Movies
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High Noon
Grace Kelly, Gary Cooper
Released: 1952
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
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#86 of 433 The Best Lifetime Movies Ever Made#83 of 451 The Best Movies For Guys
16
The Quiet Man
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara
Released: 1952
Directed by: John Ford
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#127 of 152 Movies That Should Never Be Remade#16 of 98 The Best John Wayne Movies Of All Time
17
Singin' in the Rain
Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly
Released: 1952
Directed by: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
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Every Song in Singin' in the Rain, Ranked by Singability#4 of 111 The Best Dance Movies Ever Made
18
The Big Heat
Lee Marvin, Glenn Ford
Released: 1953
Directed by: Fritz Lang
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#66 of 129 The Best Mafia Films Of All Time#16 of 36 The Greatest Classic Noir Movies, Ranked
19
From Here to Eternity
Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster
Released: 1953
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
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#48 of 376 The 50+ Best War Movies Ever Made, Ranked#39 of 223 The Greatest World War II Movies of All Time
20
Roman Holiday
Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck
Released: 1953
Directed by: William Wyler
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#66 of 126 The Greatest Date Movies Of All Time#400 of 1,141 The Absolute Funniest Movies Of All Time

21
Shane
Jack Palance, Jean Arthur
Released: 1953
Directed by: George Stevens
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#175 of 277 The Top Tearjerker Movies That Make Men Cry#15 of 19 The Saddest Movie Goodbyes Ever
22
On the Waterfront
Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint
Released: 1954
Directed by: Elia Kazan
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#3 of 46 Movies That Won Best Picture at the Oscars and Golden Globes#34 of 77 The Best Oscar-Winning Screenplays
23
Rear Window
Grace Kelly, James Stewart
Released: 1954
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
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#4 of 248 The Best Whodunit Movies#15 of 175 The Best and Scariest Psychological Thrillers of All Time
24
A Star Is Born
Barbra Streisand, Gary Busey
Released: 1976
Directed by: Frank Pierson
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#176 of 207 Musical Movies With The Best Songs#219 of 272 The Greatest Soundtracks Of All Time
25
Bad Day at Black Rock
Spencer Tracy, Ernest Borgnine
Released: 1955
Directed by: John Sturges
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#11 of 47 The Best Lee Marvin Movies#22 of 47 The Best '50s Thriller Movies

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